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Quote: Do you mean chicken hen raised poults or turkey hen raised poults? I wanted to put some of the turkey eggs under a chicken, but they aren't cooperating with their timing! The eggs that the turkey is on...she went back on them this morning and is fully broody...four of the five are...

Help.....my BR hen (probably close to three years old now) made a nest and started sitting on seven eggs under some branches in my pasture this morning. She ended up being in the full hot sun and was under distress by noon when I found her. So hubby and I moved her into the nest box I'd made...

You could advertise on CL and split an order. I would do it if we were closer....

Don't give up too easily, unless you find a big pile of feathers somewhere. I had a guinea get chased INTO the woods by "helpful" neighbors when I wasn't home and I was convinced that she was eaten by the numerous coyotes that prowl every night outside my fences. About 2-3 weeks later, in...

That reminds me of my first close encounter with wild turkeys years ago....I was cleaning stalls and dumping a load of horse manure onto a compost pile quite a few yards into the woods. I stopped on top of the large pile and took a breather, just quietly standing there and gazing around at the...

They can mix, they are going to be eaten. I was worried about fighting, mostly. Thanks!

What about this one: I will be getting my first turkeys, a pair of Bourbon Reds hatched late last spring and from a different person a couple of 5-month-old Narragansett hens. Can I toss 'em in together, since it will be one Tom and 3 hens, or will that cause trouble? Do I need to divide my...

People already point at me and laugh out loud, and I don't even have turkeys yet!

That sounds doable, thanks for the details!

Don't put them on dirt for how long? How much room will they need until they can tolerate dirt, and will they scratch like chicks and get to the dirt.....how deep does the litter need to be to keep them off the dirt? I don't want to build a floor....

Thanks, Steve, your input is always great. Now I am leaning towards Midgets. I don't have an incubator, so am leaning towards poults....unless one of my Buff Orps or Dominique's goes broody.....could she raise some turkey poults? If so, how many eggs?

Oh, and if I traded turkeys for processing with a neighbor, what is a fair trade? Process how many turkeys for me in exchange for how many? I may be able to stomach plucking if I don't have to be there for the killing and gutting....

And another question.....how many do you suggest a newbie get? I have the chicken care down cold, so I am thinking turkeys aren't that complicated, and I checked with the local ag university and blackhead is not reported here. I plan to free-range them with my chickens and two pet goats. They...